Noble Corporation plc, incorporated on January 1, 2013, is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The Company performs contract drilling services with its fleet of mobile offshore drilling units located across the world. The Company's fleet consisted of jackups, drillships and semisubmersibles. The Company conducts offshore contract drilling operations in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

The Company's drillships are self-propelled vessels. These units maintain their position over the well through the use of either a fixed mooring system or a computer-controlled dynamic positioning system. The Company's drillship fleet comprises nine units, which include four Gusto Engineering Pelican Class drillships; two Bully-class drillships; two Globetrotter-class drillships, and a Sonat Discoverer-Class drillship. The Company's semisubmersible fleet consists of eight units, including three Noble EVA-4000 semisubmersibles; three Friede & Goldman 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter semisubmersibles, and two Bingo 9000 design unit semisubmersibles. The Company has 15 jackups in its fleet.